Both Sides Are The Same

No they’re not, you clod- or -An evidence-based demonstration of political party differences

One of the more common political arguments in America is that it’s easy to be disappointed because ‘both sides are the same’ or ‘both sides act the same’. Whenever I hear this sentence, it comes from a person who has either:

Never paid attention to politics outside of the narrow range of news sources they read, or

Just had their political party do something shitty that they feel the need to defend by saying everyone does it.

This page is a resource to prove that isn’t true. Using publicly available voting records, here are how both American political parties vote on the issues you care about. Review them, and then realize that no, both parties are not the same.